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silable (1214-16)

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silable (1214-16)

selabe;  sillabe,  sillable,  sylable  (selabre Barton2 194)  
  FEW:  syllaba 12,484a Gdf: GdfC:  sillabe 10,675c TL: silabe 9,654 DEAF:  silabe  DMF:  syllabe  TLF:  syllabe  OED:  syllable n.  MED:  sillable n.  DMLBS:  syllaba 3345c

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( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Gramarie i est peynte ke est mere de totes ars, e enseygne kaunt des lettres sunt e queles, e ques sunt sylables e queus dictyouns  Turpin 69.1387
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  pur defaute de mot ou de sillabe  BRITT i 102
( c.1400; MS: s.xv1 )  ‘i’ et ‘u’ [...]. Quant ils sont misez en un mesmes selabe devant un vouyel [...]  Barton2 118
( 1421 )  pur les neccligences, defautes, mesprisions, ou deceites des clerc ou clerkes faitz et affairz, en escrivant lettre ou sillable trope, ou trope poy, ou variant de la veritee du cas en lettre ou sillable  Rot Parl1 iv 15

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